Zoo staff rescue near-extinct snails from remote rock
Just 21 Madeiran land snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal's Bugio Island, say conservationists.
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Just 21 Madeiran land snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal's Bugio Island, say conservationists.
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